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Dissociation of ACTH and cortisol in septic and non-septic ICU patients

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Acknowledgments

ASLMC ICU supervisors, nurses, and staff; Anthony DeFranco MD, Richard Battiola MD, Catherine Warner, Ashley Gehrand, and Peter Homar. This study was funded in part by the Aurora Research Institute.

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  1. Endocrine Research Laboratory, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 53215, USA

    Hershel Raff

  2. Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA

    Hershel Raff

  3. Internal Medicine, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 53215, USA

    Nebiyu Biru & Neil Reisinger

  4. Aurora Critical Care Service, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 53215, USA

    David J. Kramer

  5. Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    David J. Kramer

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Raff, H., Biru, N., Reisinger, N. et al. Dissociation of ACTH and cortisol in septic and non-septic ICU patients. Endocrine 55, 307–310 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-016-1034-2

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